Dory tried to get up.
But she had injured her knee and couldn't stand up.
But her head was still under the water.
After failing to stand up several times, she started to flail her arms about.
She waved her arms around, calling for help.
If she couldn't stand up, she would drown.
But when Sabrina saw her flailing her arms, she only laughed harder.
She laughed so hard that her body couldn't stop trembling. "That's so funny! Hahahah!"
Just then, a woman who was passing by spotted Dory.
She quickly ran over to her and helped Dory up.
Dory's face had already turned pale by the time the woman picked Dory up. If she had a moment too late, Dory would have drowned.
"Dory, are you alright?" The woman asked, very concerned.
Everyone knew each other in the suburbs, so she recognized Dory.
She shook her head and said, "I'm alright. I'm alright. Thank you for saving me."
"Don't worry about it." The woman turned towards Sabrina and yelled, "You there! How could you just stand there and laugh?! If you see someone struggling in the water, you should call for help! Not just stand there and laugh! You're heartless!"
Sabrina thought to herself, "Urgh, another one!"
Another hillbilly was lecturing her once again!
Sabrina pointed her finger at the woman. "Quiet you hillbilly! Watch who you're talking to!"
This woman was a very tough woman in this area and right now, she was very irritated at Sabrina.
The woman strode up to Sabrina and yelled, "Who are you parents?! Take me to them right this instant! I'm going to have a word with them about how terrible you are! It's one thing that you refuse to help someone in trouble, but you're terribly rude. You can't talk to adults like that!"
Angelica glared at the woman. "You, a hillbilly, dare to demand to see my parents?! Hah! You're not even good enough to carry their shoes! Don't you dare to talk to me like this! Go on! Get out of here!"
The woman was so upset, her face had turned red!
"Horrible!"
"Absolutely horrible!"
Despite her anger, the woman was careful not to hit her too hard.
But for a tough woman like her, who worked all year round, even a gentle slap from her hurt quite a lot.
Sabrina's face was bright red from that slap.
Sabrina then burst out into tears.
This was the first time she had ever been slapped in her life!
Dory rushed over to her when she heard her crying.
"Don't cry. Here I'll help you up." Dory said nicely.
"Slap!"
Sabrina slapped Dory across the face after she said that.
Sabrina looked extremely angry and upset.
She shouted at Dory, "You useless hillbilly! Didn't your mother tell you to take care of me?! How could you let that person slap me like that?!"
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